- 21. TH-3 antenna problems (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Thu Feb 11 12:58:54 1993
- -- My TH-3 tri-bander crapped out during the Sprint this last weekend. (My matchbox allowed me to keep going, but my antenna gain was clearly kapoot). The symptom: SWR is 3:1 on all freqs on all thre
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-02/msg00066.html (6,513 bytes)
- 22. Running CT on new MACs? (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Thu Mar 11 15:32:47 1993
- -- I am contemplating buying a new Apple MacIntosh for home use. I know there's been this flurry of PR about how newer Apple and IBM platforms are more "compatible" to present a united front against
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-03/msg00164.html (6,345 bytes)
- 23. running CT on Mac (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Tue Mar 16 12:43:01 1993
- -- Thanks to all who responded. I got the answer I suspected: forget it! The plan seems to be to get a cheapie PC for CT and other ham radio programs (I also use DXLOG for tracking DXCC, QSLs, etc),
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-03/msg00210.html (6,072 bytes)
- 24. No subject (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Fri Mar 26 08:31:19 1993
- -- Well, I think FD qualifies as a 'contest' by most metrics. The only element lacking is that there are no awards for first place, etc. But we make QSOs, earn points, AND get listed IN ORDER from bi
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-03/msg00308.html (7,542 bytes)
- 25. VISALIA CONVENTION (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Tue Apr 6 21:24:01 1993
- -- Yes--I'll be there and would like very much to meet up with fellow "net-folks." Perhaps we can designate a place to congregate on Friday evening at the cocktail party? I've never been to this gig,
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-04/msg00030.html (6,434 bytes)
- 26. Visalia talk-in? (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Wed Apr 7 08:52:43 1993
- -- As an uninitiated attendee to said event, I'm curious if there is a recognized talk-in frequency on 2 meters (simplex or repeater) that "everybody" uses in and around Visalia. Would also like simi
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-04/msg00038.html (6,315 bytes)
- 27. SS (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Wed Apr 7 13:54:32 1993
- -- Derek--well, well. I hvn't gotten my mug yet, but surely it's in the mail. Takes longer to reach W6, no doubt. I have an official ARRL wiskbroom for a clean sweep (get it?) during SS in something
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-04/msg00047.html (6,371 bytes)
- 28. CQ-M time? (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Wed May 5 10:30:25 1993
- -- Can anyone confirm that this weekend (May 8-9) is the CQ-M contest? Hours? I've always enjoyed this contest and usually try to participate, but this past couple of years it's not been clear that t
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-05/msg00028.html (6,142 bytes)
- 29. CQ-M w/computer? (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Thu May 6 17:51:44 1993
- I use CT on the ARRL program (it can't tell serial numbers from power levels) and then have to manually update the multipliers at the end to include the unusual Ux ones. It's clunky but better than
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-05/msg00054.html (6,310 bytes)
- 30. Big time Field Day (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Mon Jun 28 15:30:23 1993
- I participated in FD this past weekend with the San Diego DX Club, of which I am now Prez--ahem, ahem :-) We had a relatively large arrangement for a 2A entry: o two complete HF stations with TS-850S
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-06/msg00164.html (7,924 bytes)
- 31. FIELD DAY SCORES (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Fri Jul 2 09:07:57 1993
- I was part of the San Diego DX Club gang that ran as K6NA (2A, less than 150 watts) in FD this year. I don't have the band-by-band breakdowns yet, but an approximate summary is: about 3000 Qs between
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-07/msg00002.html (6,554 bytes)
- 32. Another FD score, SDDXC (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Thu Jul 8 14:28:20 1993
- Here are the almost final numbers for the San Diego DX Club's 2A Field Day effort. We used the call K6NA (yup, the Ratt himself was in there hollerin' "CQ Field Day" with the best of 'em). We had a T
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-07/msg00026.html (8,644 bytes)
- 33. SS CW from K6XT (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Mon Nov 8 13:28:33 1993
- Art, K6XT and I did a multi-single from his place this past weekend. Ended up with 1220+ Qs, a clean sweep, and 188K! Quite a change for me going from my barefoot transceiver (or sometimes QRP) and a
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-11/msg00026.html (16,952 bytes)
- 34. More checks worked in ss (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Tue Nov 9 11:34:21 1993
- I'm surprised no one has mentioned W1OP's check of 19 yet. And that's for real, I believe--I mean a person, not a club. --Jim, K6ZH I'm surprised no one has mentioned W1OP's check of 19 yet. And tha
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-11/msg00033.html (8,797 bytes)
- 35. SS Sections? (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Wed Nov 10 07:47:28 1993
- For what it's worth, I made a clean sweep on QRP CW last year in about 500 Qs. I actually did have a couple of runs on 10 and 15 meters, like 30 minutes each, but I had to search around for the toug
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-11/msg00039.html (8,585 bytes)
- 36. So much for the coffee mug (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Mon Nov 22 08:21:21 1993
- First let me say that SSB contesting is not my "thing." But I did want the red cup for a clean sweep. So I invested 12 hours of my weekend in SS SSB from home, single op low power, with the following
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-11/msg00094.html (6,715 bytes)
- 37. The Great Colorado Shootout, K0RF vs. AA6TT (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (price@cod.nosc.mil)
- Date: Thu Dec 2 16:10:34 1993
- Well, that was quite a shoot off, indeed. However, if K0RF's station is in any way a "David," most of us are mere ants in the garden of life! 73--Jim, K6ZH I've been out of reach of the reflector for
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1993-12/msg00006.html (10,006 bytes)
- 38. 3A, Monaco (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Mon Mar 9 09:30:16 1992
- -- I'm sneaking up on 300 DXCC countries, and am looking for any "easy" ones to reach the magic number (at least it's going to be magic for me!). I'm frustrated by my inability to work 3A, Monaco. I
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1992-03/msg00008.html (6,593 bytes)
- 39. Does a good ground make *that* much difference? (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Wed Apr 8 09:17:59 1992
- -- For the past 3 months, I've been getting out *very* well compared to any previous times in my DXing life. It's kinda scarey. I can enter pileups and work stuff in 2 or 3 calls that might have take
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1992-04/msg00011.html (7,274 bytes)
- 40. Sweepstakes pin (score: 1)
- Author: price@cod.nosc.mil (James N. Price)
- Date: Tue May 19 09:16:31 1992
- -- I operated QRP in the 1991 SS CW contest. I did pretty well, and missed only KP4 for a clean sweep (rats!!) Anyway, I received a nice pin from ARRL yesterday in the mail saying "1991 Sweepstakes C
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1992-05/msg00012.html (6,201 bytes)
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